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In the 2008 report “Safer children in a digital world”, Professor Tanya Byron made 38 recommendations for government on keeping children safe online. A decade on, against a backdrop of political changes and technological developments, the NSPCC has reviewed the progress made in implementing Professor Byron’s recommendations and consider what...

If you're properly protected and follow the experts' advice on keeping safe online, you can embrace chances and opportunities that you probably wouldn't come across if it weren't for the internet. This guest blog by Kaspersky Lab elaborates.

Over the last two months there has been a lot of hype surrounding cryptocurrency. There have been many stories of people who have made a fortune overnight by selling Bitcoin that they have been ‘mining’ for years, with other cryptocurrency surging in value as a result. Anyone can participate too - you can buy cryptocurrency right now and if you...

By
Liz Stanton, Get Safe Online Internet Safety Advisor specialising in safeguarding young people

Just watching YouTube and looking at the thousands of uploads made me realise once again that we do need to remember that as with most things relating to online usage – it’s not the apps/sites that are the problem but the lack of understanding about where and what it potentially could lead to.

By
Anna Rowe, a victim of catfishing - but not the kind where people get scammed for money - and is an active campaigner,

Before you embark on your journey into the online dating scene, there are a few precautions you should take. Some seem blatantly obvious, some less so but whatever the case, it’s got to be better to be informed and safe, than sorry and not safe. Under each numbered point here, I will give a reason for why this is important in italics.

“One of the main ways you can protect yourself when shopping, banking, making payments or entering other confidential information online is to ensure the page’s address begins with ‘https’ and features a green padlock”.

This is one of the key pieces of online safety advice which has been bandied about for years, and continues to do so.

When I was 7 years old, my Dad bought me my first console - a Super Nintendo. Back in those days, life was simple - you bought a cartridge that slotted into the console, turned it on, and you could play your game. If your game supported two players, you could invite a friend over and you could play the game together. A friend and I used to spend...